Zygmunt Adamczyk (1 May 1923 – 19 July 1985) was a former Polish footballer who played as a

forward Forward is a relative direction, the opposite of backward. Forward may also refer to: People * Forward (surname) Sports * Forward (association football) * Forward (basketball), including: ** Point forward ** Power forward (basketball) ** Sm ...

. During the interwar years Adamczyk played in Stalowa Wola. After World War Two finished, he moved to Gdańsk briefly playing with Płomień Nowy Port before joining

Gedania Gdańsk KS Gedania Danzig was an ethnically-Polish association football club that was part of German football competition in the inter-war period. It was formed in 1922 in what was at the time the Free City of Danzig (present day Gdańsk, Poland). Ban ...

, where he spent a total of 4 years with Gedania. He is then documented to have played for

Lechia Gdańsk Lechia Gdańsk () is a Polish football club based in Gdańsk. The club was founded in 1945 by people expelled from Lwów, who were supporters of Poland's oldest football team Lechia Lwów, founded in 1903. The club's name comes from Lechia, a ...

in 1949, making one appearance for the club in the I liga. His only appearance in the top flight of Polish football came on 10 April 1949 in a 3–0 defeat to Polonia Warsaw. His brother,

Roman Adamczyk Roman Adamczyk (4 April 1925 – 19 October 1988) was a Polish footballer who played as a midfielder. During World War Two Adamczyk was involved with the Polish resistance , for which he was awarded the Partisan Cross after the wars conclusion. ...

, also played with Adamczyk for Płomień Nowy Port, Gedania Gdańsk, and Lechia Gdańsk.

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